Libraries & Librarians in Second Life

Jill Hurst-WahlHurst Associates, Ltd.

April 10, 2007

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Agenda

• What is SL & what’s in it?• Why use SL?• What are librarians doing in SL? • Getting Involved

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What is in SL?

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Colleges/Universities Include

• More than 200 universities & learning-focused organizations*– Arcada Univ. of Technology (Finland)– Australian Film TV and Radio School– Finger Lakes Community College – Harvard Business School– Institut Ingemedia (France)– New York University – San Jose State University– SUNY Empire State College

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Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal

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Libraries Include

• Alliance Library System• Kansas State Library• Michigan Library • Stanford Science & Engineering

Libraries• Topeka & Shawnee Cty Public Library• UI at Chicago Lib. of the Health Sciences• Institutions on Cybrary City I & II

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Companies Include• Adidas Reebok• BBC Radio 1• Dell• IBM• Reuters• SirsiDynix• Talis• Toyota• …more…

More than 5 million have registered to use SL

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Why use SL?

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• Low Cost Prototyping • New Products• Collaboration • Education & Training • Marketing & Advocacy

What are librarians doing in SL?

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• Networking • Collaborating• Re-thinking space• Supporting other SL efforts• Supporting virtual communities• Learning to use virtual space

for education

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• Promoting & showcasing resources or services

• Discussing the use of role-playing• Creating new tools• Prototyping• Positioning themselves for the

future

At Info Island Welcome Area

Available at Welcome Area

Inside Main Library

Inside Main Library

Getting Involved

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• Sign-up for a free account• Get through Orientation Island &

onto the mainland (Help Island)• Spend time in world & master the

basics of SL• Attend a few in world functions• Talk to other residents• Get to work / volunteer!

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Jill Hurst-Wahl“Jillianna Suisei”

hurst@HurstAssociates.comAIM: jillNYS

www.HurstAssociates.com http://www.Digitization101.com